AUTHOR=Zhang You-ming , Chen Ming-na , Yi Xiao-ping , Li Li , Gao Jian-ming , Zhang Jin-lei , Yuan Xin-ru , Zhang Na , Liu Li-zhi , Cai Pei-qiang , Chen Bihong T. , Zee Chishing , Liao Wei-hua , Zhang Yuan-chao TITLE=Cortical Surface Area Rather Than Cortical Thickness Potentially Differentiates Radiation Encephalopathy at Early Stage in Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neuroscience VOLUME=12 YEAR=2018 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2018.00599 DOI=10.3389/fnins.2018.00599 ISSN=1662-453X ABSTRACT=
Radiation encephalopathy (RE) is one of the most severe complications in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients after radiotherapy (RT). However, the morphological alteration of early RE is insufficiently investigated. We aimed to investigate the cortical thickness and surface area alterations in NPC patients with or without RE in the follow-up. A total of 168 NPC patients each underwent a single scan and analysis at various times either Pre-RT (